Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Clash of Civlisations?

From Christianity Today:

Al Qaeda and other extremist Muslims despise even Islamic states such as Saudi Arabia, a country where theocratic followers of Wahhabism (named after the fanatical Islamic revivalist Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab, 1702–1793) have dominated the country's religious life through a Faustian pact with the Saudi royal family. Wherever ultra-radical Islam has come to power, it has created a totalitarian Islamic state fanatically hostile to Jews, women's freedoms, Christians, democracy, and—yes—music.

The rest of the article is here

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